Word Study · Strong's G38 · Greek
ἁγιασμός
hagiasmos
hag-ee-as-mos'
Strong's 1890 spelling: hagiasmós
“properly, purification, i.e. (the state) purity”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, purification, i.e. (the state) purity; concretely (by Hebraism) a purifier
Rendered in the KJV as
holiness, sanctification.
- 10occurrencesin the New Testament
- 7 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 10 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- ἁγιασμῷ4
- ἁγιασμόν,2
- ἁγιασμὸς2
- ἁγιασμόν.1
- ἁγιασμῷ.1
How it is rendered · 8
- [the] sanctification2
- sanctification2
- holiness1
- holiness,1
- holiness.1
- in holiness1
- sanctification,1
- sanctification.1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular5
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular3
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-DSM · 5
- N-ASM · 3
- N-NSM · 2
All 10, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 1 Thessalonians3 of 10 · 30%
- Romans2 of 10 · 20%
- 1 Corinthians1 of 10 · 10%
- 2 Thessalonians1 of 10 · 10%
- 1 Timothy1 of 10 · 10%
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Romans2 occurrences
- Romans 6:19ἁγιασμόν.hagiasmonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularI am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.here: sanctification.
- Romans 6:22ἁγιασμόν,hagiasmonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularBut now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.here: sanctification,
1 Thessalonians3 occurrences
- 1 Thessalonians 4:3ἁγιασμὸςhagiasmosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularFor it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;here: sanctification
- 1 Thessalonians 4:4ἁγιασμῷhagiasmōnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulareach of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,here: holiness
- 1 Thessalonians 4:7ἁγιασμῷ.hagiasmōnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singularFor God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.here: holiness.